The Collection of the James T. Parker Art Trust

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The Collection of the James T. Parker Art Trust

A Preview Sale Date: October 18

The Collection of the

James T. Parker Art Trust

A Preview

Sale Date: October 18

©2025 BLACK ART AUCTION

Terry Adkins (1940-2015)

untitled, 1990s metal, hoses, rubber tires

29 x 24 x 22 inches

It is possible to hang this on the wall.

Estimate: $20,000-30,000

Dawoud Bey (b. 1953)

Five Children, Syracuse, NY, 1996 gelatin silver print 11 x 14 inches signed and dated

Estimate: $2,000-3,000

Beverly Buchanan (1940-2015)

untitled, Shack, 1986 found wood, foam core, acrylic 10-1/2 x 9 x 6 inches signed and dated

Estimate: $8,000-12,000

Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012)

untitled (Confrontation), 1941 oil on canvas 15 x 18 inches signed and dated

Possibly exhibited in 2001 at MacAlester College, St Paul, MN.

Estimate: $100,000-150,000

Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012)

Cabeza Contando, 1960 bronze on a wooden base 9-3/4 inches (h) initialed, E.C.

Estimate: $15,000-25,000

Ed Clark (1926-2019)

untitled, NY Series, 2004

acrylic on canvas

40 x 49-1/2 inches signed, dated, titled verso label verso from Parish Gallery, Washington, DC

Estimate: $100,000-200,000

Robert Colescott (1925-2009)

Paintings I Promised Never to Paint: Man Crying, 1965 oil on canvas

12 x 14 inches signed and dated label verso:

G.R. N’Namdi

110 N. Peoria St Chicago, Illinois 60607

Estimate: $30,000-50,000

Eldzier Cortor (1916-2015)

untitled, Figure Composition, c. 1940 ink and watercolor on cream paper 22 x 15-1/2 inches signed

Estimate: $10,000-20,000

Sam Gilliam (1933-2022)

Hanover, 1975

acrylic with overlapping canvas on beveled stretcher

48 x 54 inches signed and dated

Estimate: $300,000-500,000

Earl Hooks, Sr (1927-2005)

Hyde Park Alley, 1981

gelatin print 10 x 6-1/2 inches (image) signed and dated in pencil on mat and stamped verso

Exhibited: Alabama Art League, 52nd Annual Exhibition

This image depicts the alley in back of James Parker's condo in Chicago.

Estimate: $1,000-2,000

Richard Hunt (1935-2023)

Natural Form No. 2, 1966 welded chromed steel

14 x 23 x 8 inches signed and dated

Estimate: $40,000-60,000

Richard Hunt (1935-2023)

Sky Form, 1958 welded steel

31 x 32 x 12 inches signed and dated

Estimate: $100,000-200,000

Richard Hunt (1935-2023)

Untitled (wall piece), 1961 welded chromed steel

46 x 16 x 10 inches signed and dated on interior conjoined initials on exterior

Estimate: $80,000-120,000

Richard Hunt (1935-2023)

Untitled (Hybrid Form), 1974 cast bronze

65 x 24 x 18 inches signed and dated with AP

Estimate: $100,000-150,000

Richard Hunt (1935-2023)

Monument No.2, 1964 welded and chromed steel

45 x 10 x 7 inches signed and dated

Estimate: $60,000-80,000

Suzanne Jackson (b. 1944)

Eating-New York, 1977

watercolor on illustration board

20 x 15 inches signed; signed, dated and titled on verso in pencil

Estimate: $7,000-9,000

Norman Lewis (1909-1979)

Seascape, 1952 oil on canvas 12 x 26 inches signed and dated Willard Gallery label verso with title (title written in pencil on stretcher also)

Estimate: $40,000-60,000

Kerry James Marshall (b. 1955)

Compositional Study for SOB,SOB, 2002 graphite and charcoal on paper 24 x 19 inches (sheet) signed and dated

Exhibited: Kerry James Marshall: One True Thing, Mediations on Black Aesthetics; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; 10/25/031/18/04; Miami Art Museum, FL; Baltimore Museum of Art, MD; Studio Museum in Harlem, NY; Birmingham Museum of Art, AL.

Estimate: $30,000-50,000

Kerry James Marshall (b. 1955)

Everything Will Be Alright... 2004 woodcut and screen print on grey BFK Rives paper

27 x 41-1/2 inches (image)

30 x 44 inches (sheet)

signed, dated, titled and numbered, 2/25

Estimate: $10,000-20,000

Richard Mayhew (1924-2024)

untitled, Landscape, c. 1990 pencil drawing on paper 14 x 20 inches signed

Estimate: $8,000-12,000

Gordon Parks (1912-2006)

American Gothic, Washington, D.C., 1942 (later imp.) silver print 9-1/3 x 6-3/4 inches signed

Estimate: $5,000-7,000

Marion Perkins (1908-1961)

untitled, The Artist’s Wife (Eva Gillion), c. 1950 stone

8 x 6-1/2 x 7 inches

Estimate: $10,000-20,000

Marion Perkins (1908-1961)

untitled, Head, c. 1950 stone

10-1/2 x 5 x 5 inches

Estimate: $10,000-20,000

Howardena Pindell (b. 1943)

untitled 50, 1974

pen and Ink, tracing paper and powder on illustration board with supporting structure verso, housed in its original plexiglass shadow box. 9 x 14 inches (image) 16 x 20 inches (board)

labels verso:

Howardena Pindell 322 7th Ave (Studio) New York, NY 10001

another from Stanley Poler, Inc., NY NY

also stamped, Howardena Pindell (with address)

Estimate: $50,000-70,000

Martin Puryear (b. 1941)

untitled, 1987 coated bronze 18 x 14 x 10 inches edition of 5

Estimate: $70,000-90,000

Augusta Savage (1892-1967)

Gamin, 1929 plaster with bronze painted patina 9 inches (h) signed and titled

Estimate: $20,000-30,000

Thomas Sills (1914-2000)

Yaxchilan, 1963 oil on canvas

67 x 72 inches signed; artist label verso with title and address

Estimate: $50,000-70,000

Renee Stout (b. 1958)

Power Object, Homage to Joseph Cornell, 1991 wood, metal, mixed media

20-1/2 x 8-1/2 x 10 inches labels verso with artist name and date; another with RS monogram.

Exhibited: Smithsonian Museum, National Museum of African Art, Kongo Exhibition (1993)

Estimate: $6,000-8,000

Alma Thomas (1891-1978)

untitled, c. 1968 acrylic on paper 11-1/4 x 17-1/2 inches (image) initialed label verso

Estimate: $70,000-90,000

Alma Thomas (1891-1978)

untitled, c. 1968

acrylic and pencil on arches paper

22-1/8 x 30-1/2 inches

initialed

Estimate: $80,000-120,000

Charles White (1918-1979)

Prophet II, 1975

color lithograph

25 x 35-1/2 inches (sheet)

signed, titled, dated with trial proof from an edition of 17

Lucinda H. Gedeon research material on Charles W. White, box 1, folder 8 Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Exhibited:

Two Centuries of Black American Art; LACMA; 1976

Charles White Prints; Illinois State University; 1978

Estimate: $10,000-20,000

Charles White (1918-1979)

Wanted Poster Series #14, 1970

lithograph

21-15/16 x 29-15/16 inches (sheet)

signed and dated, with Presentation proof and For Betty

Published by the Tamarind Institute, with Harry Westlund as the printer.

Lucinda H. Gedeon research material on Charles W. White, box 1, folder 9 Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

This image is included in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Estimate: $7,000-9,000

William T. Williams (b. 1942)

untitled, c. 1971 acrylic and graphite on paper

43-1/2 x 33 inches signed

Estimate: $40,000-60,000

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